by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration, Social-Emotional Learning and ARTS
Listening to music has so many benefits and it can be a wonderful way to integrate music into your classroom. Whether you Soundtrack your Classroom or use Active Listening (Listen with a purpose) strategies, you can teach music standards that will also connect to...
by Elizabeth Peterson | Social-Emotional Learning and ARTS, STEAM and Technology in the Classroom
Over the summer I was finally able to bring my family to the Boston Museum of Science. My kids are at the perfect age to enjoy and explore the exhibits and activities: everything from the dinosaurs to the electricity, the explorations of sound and space. We saw a show...
by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration, Social-Emotional Learning and ARTS
What better way to teach students about Social Emotional Learning than through the ARTS? A colleague of mine said it best: “Art IS SEL!” And if music is an expression of humanity, then music is a way we can learn about our abilities to love and be...
by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration, Social-Emotional Learning and ARTS
For the last two months, my class has been doing something special each Friday: Friendly Fridays. These are small activities that build on Social Relationships between classmates. In the past they have made notes and pictures for each other and practiced writing and...
by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration, Social-Emotional Learning and ARTS
In my last post, Music Sets the Tone, I described my intention of using music more in my classroom as a backdrop to all our activities. It’s been over a week that I have been faithfully soundtracking my classroom! I have committed to teaching while some sort of...
by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration, Social-Emotional Learning and ARTS
In recent weeks, I’ve been researching out how to use music as a tool for focusing and working in preparation for one of the focuses of this year’s Winter Teacher Art Retreat. We probably have all experienced music (or the lack of it) in a variety of...
